Roll handling mechanism



May 7,1935. H. A. w. woon 2,000,809

ROLL HANDLING MECHANISM Original Filed Se 50, 1930 I 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 7, 1935. A, w woo 2,000,809

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ROLL HANDLING MECHANI SM Original Filed Sept. 50, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet Patented Maj]; 1935 V Q J fijfnoLL HANDL NGjME HA sMQ Henry A. Wise Wood;-New York,- N.- Y.-, assignor' I f v to Wood Newspaper Machinery-Corporation,-

. New'Y ork,,N. Y., a corporation of Virginia "J100lain sr (onus-s) invention relates to a supp paper rolls used in feeding thejweb to aprinting'pressQ, The pricipal objectsof the" invention are to I provide a. simple and sturdy mechanism which 5 can be reloaded-with ease an'd'be adapted to roll is exhausted and to provide a construction splice a," new" roll to the. web when the running which can be installed ina small space.

- @Other objects and advantagesof theinvention will appear hereinafter;

Reference is to be had to the jacconipanying. I g t V Ital! and. change the sidewregister.

drawings; in which 7 v N Fig. 1 is a side view of a preferred embodiment of'this invention showing it' 'in' the position in which the" old roll is reduced in diameter'considerably and the rotation; A s. Fig.2 isan elevation of the same;

Fig. 31s a view similar to Fig. 1 showing'the parts in'the position in which the nearly ex hausted stub has moved out of. its usualrunning p'ositionand the new roll has movedzinto splicing position; l Fig;' 4 is a'similar oscillation of the supporting frame 'in theisame direction, in which 'the' old roll bearings are moved down and opened to'release thezstub and thesupport has moved/to its limiting position in thisvdirecticn; t o v j 4 Fig. 5 is as similar view showing thesupport moved back and thenewroll alsomov ed up the support to its normalrunning. position; 1 1

. Fig. f6 is anfenlargedvside view'of one of the 1 bearings forsupporting' thestuds of the rolls;

=Fig. 7 isan end view thereof; 7'

same position as Fig. 1, offalmodifiedfcons truc tion; t A a Fig. 9 is aside view thereof; e vl FiglOis a topviewshowing' the springdetent' for holding the bearing boxf inits ,extremeiposit o A V a V s, -i

, 11 aside view of "the bearing box and" themechanism for releasing the holding pawl;

other modification, and r j FigIx13-is aview similar'to Fig.9 show ng-the latterlconstruction. A

new roll is being startedin'to,

swing thev shaft I in one direction or the other View showing the further- Y 7 '22 forj .coope'ratingwithltheleadscrew-H. Fig.- 8 is a view with the parts shown in the c i v I are not shown in detaifas the {constitute the 12-is a. view'similar toFig; lfshowingany 'tlie tens onislapp i 57 1 t per. uw b'i y' b The'iiivention' is shown in the firstseven 'fig' tires inwa form involving a horizontal supporting shaft I rotatably'mounted on pedestals {and 3, the. shaft If being" ,secured, Iongitudinallyfwith,

respect to the pedestal 3 by collarsfand' thefped 'esta1 2 being stationary. Thsupporttan te arranged to Swing on some other aiiis .tha nja horizontal one, if desired.

a Itong uearrangeinent"parallelfto theshaft ll which cooperates with a groove the base plate permitting an endwise motion for "side register; This is accomplishedthrough amotor 5,- woriri 5 Th pedestal .3 'is guided in atas Mam, r

6', worm wheel 1 and screw 8. The screw is and forv that purpose a worm wheel 9f is secured to the shafti'anjd meshes with a'vvorm' 10 which Therotation of the motorfin either direction will.

and the supporting arms :I 2 with which it is provided. This pair of supporting arms constitutes 1 the roll'support. Theyare'providedwithra pair of-leadvscrews l4 which,- through af'system of shafts and gears-1 5, are operatedLbyv a motor I B, carriedby one of lthefsii'pporting arms; .These'. two lead screws M'arefconnected to operate posi tivelytogether. H

".Thepaper roll A is mountedby cone collars l1" detachablysecured on the spindle J8, This spin-- 30' dle'is carried in bearing boxes l9, Each bear ingiboi: hasahingedfcap .13 normally held closed byathunib screw 20. FA tongue section 2| for operating in a groove of the support armisfialso, provided on each box' and a'threadedhalf hole At each end, of the support, am there" is.

:portioni23 cutj out ofthe sideof the T-slot trans- 'verselyf to allow lthe. x119 to be inserted' or s g: H

Asthisdevice isadaptedto beus'ediin ashation with a web. splicing rnechanisnrw'a eaten.

pillar traction belt" 24 15 shown for. setting the: f new WbrollA mrmotion'and 'aiso beltsl2'5 for.

applying tension to, the web but these features subject inatter of iwotherlapplications iiow' pend-7' ing. have shown the arrangement i whichi 1 V m pr ss, at at spe d slightl'yljlower. than was 5129. '5 This, of course, ,is' old; j With a given weightinfgjj of, tension of the beltiand speed ratiothe' paper tension can be varied by moving the beltf'arm awavfromits free:swinging pdsitionl It will be,

16' move its shaft in'itsiloose',bearingin thepedes 1 The supporting shaft is intendedtooscillate g 5 i3 is;attached" to, or a part 'of,'the. shaft of the. motor .H" carried on a step of the pedestal 3.

notedthat in this instancetwo means are'prif I S vided for varying the tension. First, by oscillating the support and second by moving the running roll to and'fro on the support.

The method of operationis shown by means of shown) is thrown in to drive it from a press shaft The running. r011, B

28 by means of a belt 21. has previously been moved from the position of the roll A out along the arms ;by the lead screws I4 to the position in which itappears vin this figure, as will appear more in'detail.

, It will be noticed that in; this figure thesupport Jl2 is substantially horizontal. It is in that position that the new roll Av is placed on the supporting device. Now the motor I] is operje ated to swing the left-hand endof the support upwardly to the position shown in Fig. 3. In this position it will be seen that both the rolls A and B are in contact with the tension belts and that the supporting frame is moved over to an inclined position. It is in this position that the paster is made. As soonas that is accomplished the exhausted stub B moves away from contact with the tension belts owing to the continued movement of thesupport I2 in the same direction. The support, however continues to swing over, to the position shown in Fig. 4 in which position the. hinged caps 13 arereleased and dropped down. as shown in'dotted lines allowing the exhausted stubto fall down on the floor. It will be noticed that during all this time the lead screws I4 [have not been turning. 7 It will be understood that in the position shown in Fig. 4 I the ,new roll has been run down the support slightly by. the screws to a point atwhich the bearing boxes carrying the butt register with the cutout 23 in the T-slotfso that the bearings can betaken'out. ,fl

From the point shown in Fig. 4,, which is the extreme position of the parts, the support com-' mences to turn backwardly and in the position shown in Fig. 5 the roll A is in running position. Now the screws are turned by the motor l6 and the roll A runs down the support to the position 7, B in Fig. 1, the support remaining substantially in the position shown in Fig. 5; When this roll gets down to'about the size shown at B in Fig.1, the frame. is turned down to horizontal position again. The bearingboxes are inserted'through the cutouts}; in the loading ends of the support.

Then a new roll is loaded in them and the cycle is repeated. The roll which has previously been designated A will'be called B from now on because the new roll A has been provided.

This provides a very'simple, strong and durable construction. Reloading can be accomplished very easily at theend of the support while that end: is coming; downto horizontal position and the new roll is kept in position where it can bespeeded up to web speed and pasted to the old roll with comparative ease. The whole device requires a very small space." The support: oscillates with a motion which is intermittent. It

moves continuously from theposition shown in Fig. 1 through that shown in Fig. 3 to that shown i'n Fig. 4'and then immediately swings backto the positionshown in Fig. 5 where it remains stationary for a .while .and then it swings over to.-the.position shown in' Fig; 1. The screws.

:1 I'4' act before this latter motion to bring the.

Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 5. Fig. 1 shows the loading posivention illustrated in this case.

parting ,from thescope pressed in the claims; Therefore I do not wishgradually decreasing roll down from the position shown in Fig. 5 to the bottom of thesupport without withdrawing. it from contact with the tension belts 25. 1 This is the only time the motor 16 operates. r

In Figs. 8 to 11 another form of the invention is shown. In this case the pedestals may be arranged as shown in the first form. The support shaft 33 of course is carried by these pedestals and the support 34 is carried free to oscillate on the shaft. The invention can be carried out with the support carried on a vertical axis but I have shown it in each case as swinging on a horizontal axis.

A worm wheel 35 is secured to the support 34. This worm wheel receives power through a worm 3 1 and motor 49. The motionof the new roll full but is substantiallyoi the same character as that described in the first embodiment of the in- It is provided through a ratchet and pawl arrangement on racks 38, one on each end, riding T-Slots 3| in the support 34. This arrangement is driven by pinions 33 secured to the shaft 33 which in turn is driven by a worm wheeled, worm 4| and motor 42. A pawl 43 is pivotally mounted on the rack 38 so that when a bearing box 44 is placed in the support in the T-slot, a projection 45 abuts against it on oneend. The short end of the pawl 43 on the other end holds it secured to the rack.

' When the rack ismoved to a nearly upright position; the short endof the pawl 43 is depressed by a removable stop 46. Then the rack 38 is free to return, leaving the bearing boxes 44 carrying the running roll in a low position, that is substantially the position indicated at the bottom of Fig. 3. The bearing box 4 3 is held in this position by the stop 46 and a spring-pressed catch 47 until the splice is made. After this the bearing boxes 44 may be removed sideways simply to and from the tension'belts is not shown in by withdrawing a pin lfi'a'nd removing the stop 46. .The frame is reloaded at theupper end to repeat the cycle. 7 a V In Figs. 12 and 13 another embodiment of the invention is shown provided with means whereby the to and fro movement of the bearingboxes is accomplished by the projections 50 on special links of a chain 5!, .this chain being operated by a motor 52. The releasing of the box is obtained as the projections 50 pass over the sprocket 53 over which the chain passes. The other features shown in these two figures are substantially the same as those shown in the first seven figures and I-will not describe it in detail. In all these .forms the invention is capable of being carried'out in an efficient way and all the advantages above mentioned are secured.

Although I have illustrated and described only three forms of-the invention I am aware of the fact that other modifications can be made therein by any person skilled in the art without deof the invention as exto be limited: in this respect but what I- do claim is:' v r I a.

1-. In a web roll supporting device, the combination with a pivoted support'and means. for swinging the support on its pivot, of bearings mounted on said support, a lead screw connected with said bearing, and meansfor turning the lead screw tomovethe bearings along the support,. whe'rebya roll supported by said bearingsfcan be moved thereon.

connected with said bearings, and means for.

turning the lead screws. simultaneously to move the bearings along the support, whereby the rolls supportedby said bearings can bemoved 'into difierent positions thereon for making a paster.

and-for running the webfrom-the roll thereafter;

combination with a'support mounted to swing on a horizontal axis, a motor for turning said support on its axis, a pair of lead screws carriedby the support, a second motor carried by thesupport for operating said lead screws, and bearings for web rolls guided along said support and hav- :ing openings fitting said lead screws, whereby 20 the turning of the lead screws will move thebearings along the support.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination witha support mounted toswing on a horizontal axis, a motor for turning said support on its axis, a pair of 'lead screws carried by the support, a second motorcarried by the sup port for operating said lead'screws, bearings for web' rolls guided along said support and having openings fitting,.said lead screws, whereby the turningof the. lead screws will move the bearings along the support,and tension belts in position to engage a roll carried by the bearings when moved to a certain position on the supports ,to guide the web therefrom and' exert a resistance against the web feeding too fast.

5, Ina web roll supporting device, the-com-;

bination with a support mounted to swing ona horizontalaxis, means for turning the support about said axis, bearings onthe support for web rolls, means for moving said bearings along the support 'to change the position of the web rolls thereon, means adapted to engagethexsurface ofa new web roll to rotate it up to web speed before pasting and means adapted to engage the.

web roll at the time of pasting and thereafter to retard the web and keep it from flooding the press. 7

6. Ina web roll supply device, thecombination with a support pivoted to swing on a horizontal axis and web rolls adjustable in said support ing the support backto' the first inclined position a to bringthe new roll into running position.

7. In a web roll supply device, the combination 3 e v I j with a support pivoted to swing'on a horizontal 3.= In a device'of' the character described, the

axis, web rolls movably. mounted on said support and. means independentof the motion of said support for moving. saidweb rolls on said sup port in adirection transverse tosaidaxis,gof

means for turning the support froma position in which. it is adapted to receive a fresh web roll to an inclined position for pasting, then around to areversely inclined'positiontoadmit of the discharge .of the exhausted stub andior then swinging the support backito bring the new rollinto running position.-

8. In a webfroll supporting device, the com binat-ion with ,a' pivotally mounted support and means for turning it on its pivot, of bearings movably carried by said support and means for moving said bearings along the support, said means comprising a rack on the support, a wheel for operating the rack, and a movable latch carriedby the rack for engaging and ,moving'a bearing. 9. In a web roll supporting device, the com-' .bination withamovablyfmounted supportjanda means for moving it, of bearings movably carried by said'support and means for moving said bearings along the support, said means comprising a rack onthe support, awheel foroperating the. rack, a movable latch carried by the rack :for, engaging and moving a bearing and .means whereby therack can move back without taking the bearing with it. f I 10.1 In a device for handling web rolls, the corn .bination of a movable support, bearings laterally movable on said support for a fresh roll of paper, a normally inactive means adapted to drive said fresh roll to rotate the same and bring it up to web speed, and means for moving the support to effect contact of said fresh roll with a traveling web from an expiring roll carried by said support. 

